Flag of the United Kingdom (Scotland says "Yes")

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Flag of the United Kingdom

Use

National Flag

Proportion

1:2

Adopted

2014

Design

A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a upper field of white and lower field of green with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white.

Use

Alternate National Flag

Proportion

1:2

Adopted

1801

Design

A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white.

Use

Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Proportion

1:2

Adopted

1801

Design

A red field with the Union Flag in the canton.

Use

Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Proportion

1:2

Adopted

1801

Design

A red field with the Union Flag in the canton.

Use

Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Proportion

1:2

Adopted

1801

Design

A red field with the Union Flag in the canton.

Use

Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Proportion

1:2

Adopted

1801

Design

A field of air force blue with the Union Flag in the canton and the RAF roundel in the middle of the fly.

An alternate design for the UK flag

The Union Flag, sometimes also referred to as the Union Jack, is the current flag of the United Kingdom. It does have some status in other countries, such as Canada, where it is referred to as the Royal Union Flag, and has a

Evolution of the British Flag

status in many British Overseas Realms. It also appears in the canton of many former British colonies, including Australia and New Zealand.

The first Union flag was created in 1606, when James VI of Scotland also inherited the crown of the England, creating a personal union. This flag included the flags of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Later, when Ireland joined the Union, the diagonal cross was added. However, in 2014, Scotland voted to leave the union, prompting different calls for a new flag. While many people were in favour of removing Scottish Elements of the flag, many others viewed the flag as integeral to British identity, many soliders having fought and died under it. As such, the old Union Flag is used in conjuction with the new design.

Royal Standard

Royal Standard of the United Kingdom

British Overseas Territories

Alternate flags

With the change in the UK flag, it was proposed that the flags of the British Overseas Territories be changed. Despite this, they were kept.